St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-03
The Globes Special Corre-
spondent Gives a Very
Graphic Account
Of the Present Situation and
the Personnel of Those
Doomed to Death.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. Al have moth
ing to say,' was all that the anarchist
Spies remarked when, at high noon of
this magnificent June in November day,
word was conveyed to him on dirty
piece of paper that the supreme court of
the United States had denied the peti-
ton for interference in behalf of him
self and his fellows. Precisely how
Spies, Parsons or either of their aSSOci-
ates would conduct himself were he
alone under sentence of death is a very
interesting problem. Soldiers know
that it is harder for man to run away
than to fight in battle, yet individuals
who are brought to face death, disease
or physical suffering alone know that it
requires greater degree of mental and
moral strength to face the inevitable
than when together banded they meet
an Oncoming shock.
Having studied the cOuntenances, ex-
preston and general bearing of the men
under sentence during their trial, l have
CIinched the Conclusion
then formed by present study that
the women of the party possess a
greater degree of moral courage than
the men. No one of the condemned
has at any time in his life shown de-
gree OF mental, moral or physical
courage. Surely it required no courage
to make, in secret. the destructive
bomb, and it will not be pretended it
required any degree of any kind of
courage to throw in secret a bomb
among crowd of men, women and
children, several of whom were killed
and m any manned and mangled to the
present day. In accordance with the
good old American custom these men
have been liOnized from the day of their
arraignment. Flowers, sweetmeats,
notes, pOemS-all manner Of
Tributes From the Silly
have been laid at their feet. l shall
never forget the spectacle presented by
a beautiful maiden who passed duringa
recess in Judge Gary's court bouquets
of flowers to this, that and the other
men charged with the heinous crime of
murder. The calm conceit, the s:lf-
sufficiency, the exaggerated estimate
of each personally made each its i'm
preston upon me and doubtless upon
every careful observer in that court
room. Every man, according to his
mental traits, sat there as though in
continuity of phOtographing process.
Each felt that the eyes of the civilized
world were upon him. Each read daily
descriptions of his personality, and
long before the long rocking-chair jury
presented to the judge, who sat like
masculine oasis in perfect wilderness
of femininity, their verdict and their
sentence these men were absolutely
and incontrovertibly convinced that
they were each and every one well de-
veloped hero. From that hour to this
morning. when
The Brazen Tongue
of clamorouS time rang out the noon
day hour, that feeling was encouraged,
enhanced and multitudinously empha-
sized, so that clean cut photograph of
their interior would unquestionably dis
close mass, not to say mess, of self
conceit and self-sufficiency unequaled in
the personalities of any other seven or
seventy times seven men on the face of
the globe. Clang, clang, went the gong
at the gate. BTeathleSS with speed a
messenger enters. To him it seemed as
though chaos had come again and that
nothing could begin to approach the
hither verge of the importance of the
message he conveyed. The attendant
at the iron gate absolutely trembled
with agitation. The sub-jailers and
deputy sheriffs gathered about with
blanched cheeks and wavering eyes,
each pricking up his ears to catch the
all-important phrase.
The warden of the jail or criminal
court building, as it is here designated,
sat in his easy chair smoking his pipe
Of clay, when shutting steps beyond the
door suggested an unusual commotion.
The door was flung open and banged
against the wainscot with unaccustomed